kinesiology assignment 1

due by Monday 

kinesiology biology

Part 1: Fill in the blank on attached

muscle doc.

Download muscle doc.

(2pts)

Part 2: Dance Video Analysis

· Find a Dance Video on-line and select a 60-second segment. From this 60-second segment dance sequence analyze the dancer’s movements.
Include a link to the dance video used and the 60-second time frame analyzed. (1pts)

·
Select 5 DIFFERENT joints used in dance moves associated in the 60-second segment and construct a table as seen on
pg. 41 (see below): (5pts)

Name of Joint

Type of Joint (see attachment) Type of Joint x Download Type of Joint x

Starting Position

Observed Joint Action

Plane of Motion

Axis of Motion

Examples of Joints

Type of Joint

Movements/Action

Plane of motion

Axis of motion

Elbow, ankle

fingers, toes,

knee (patellofemoral)

Hinge,

interphalangeal

(1 axis)

Flexion/extension

OR rotation, pronation/supination

Sagittal OR transverse

Bilateral OR longitudinal

Neck (cervical)

Pivot

(1 axis)

Flexion/extension OR rotation, Pronation/supination

Sagittal OR transverse

Bilateral OR longitudinal

wrist

condyloid/gliding/ellipsoid

metacarpophalangeal (2 axes)

Flexion/extension

Abduction/adduction

Sagittal AND frontal

Bilateral AND anteroposterior

thumb

Saddle (2 axes)

Flexion/extension
Abduction/adduction

Sagittal AND frontal

Bilateral AND anteroposterior

hip, shoulder

(glenohumeral)

ball and socket

(3 axes)

Flexion/extension
Abduction/adduction

Rotation

Sagittal, frontal, transverse

Bilateral, anteroposterior, longitudinal

Shoulder/pectoral girdles and pelvis/pelvic girdle

Plane OR saddle

Spine (lumbar, thoracic)

Facet